Claire. Posted February 20, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Artificial intelligence grows a nose. Predicting color is easy: Shine a light with a wavelength of 510 nanometers, and most people will say it looks green. Yet figuring out exactly how a particular molecule will smell is much tougher. Now, 22 teams of computer scientists have unveiled a set of algorithms able to predict the odor of different molecules based on their chemical structure. It remains to be seen how broadly useful such programs will be, but one hope is that such algorithms may help fragrancemakers and food producers design new odorants with precisely tailored scents. Read more: Science Magazine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWoo7 Posted February 20, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) Wow. Probably mass applications 100 years from now. Firemen/women suits/hat, city restaurant inspectors, sewer wrong direction or over venting, anywhere there's been people or are, there is sure to be something mild or off ! or toxic or DEADLY in the air. ( geiger counter like sounds or color changing BRILLIANT LIGHTS off heads-UP display/gloves/helmet/clothing whatever) Should be interesting. In the future. Now if they filled a database of the 50 million smells a bloodhound can pick up they might have something eh ? (to borrow from a comedian ) eeeeh it could happen! Edited February 20, 2017 by MWoo7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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